Ian Morley is an Associate Professor based in the Department of History at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. A graduate of the Centre for Urban History, Leicester University, UK, and the School of Architectural Studies, University of Sheffield, UK, he has published widely on the American colonial urban environment in the Philippines. The former book review editor for Urban Morphology: Journal of the International Seminar on Urban Form, he is currently the Vice President of the International Planning History Society. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Royal Asiatic Society, and Royal Society of Arts.

• List of IllustrationsList of TablesAcknowledgements Chapter 1: IntroductionReshaping the Nation and Public Works: A PrécisSocial Evolution, Foreign Influences, and Modernity in Philippine Cities, 1935-46A Political and Philosophical Watershed: The Philippine Constitution, 1935The Evolution of the Colonial-Built Fabric in the Philippines, 1898–1935DecolonisationThe Structure of the BookChapter 2: A New Capital City for a New NationThe Constitution Convention and the Nature of the 1935 ConstitutionQuezon City: A Distinct City for an Evolving CountryPlanning Evolution in Quezon City: The 1941 and 1949 PlansThe Park and Road Systems, and the Creation of Neighbourhood UnitsPublic Buildings and Architectural Modernism Conclusion Chapter 3: Manila and the ProvincesBeyond Quezon City: Urban Planning During the Age of the Commonwealth Manila’s Development and Antonio Toledo’s Professional FootprintThe Return to, and Advancement of, Daniel Burnham’s Plan for ManilaRenewing Manila: The Built Fabric and FirePlanning in the ProvincesHousing and Planning in the ProvincesChapter 4: The Japanese OccupationJapan, the Philippines, the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere, and Pan-Asianism The Japanese Occupation and the Evaluation of the Philippine-Built Fabric Governing the Towns and CitiesRebooting The Pensionados ProgramNeighbourhood AssociationsThe Challenge and Opportunity Aligned to Post-War Rebirth Chapter 5: National Independence, Post-War Reconstruction, Urban Betterment and PlanningA New Nation Looking Forward, HesitantlyThe Planning of RoadsPlanning for New Housing DistrictsNew Rulings and the Problem of Their ImplementationConclusionReferencesIndex

Ian Morley is an Associate Professor based in the Department of History at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. A graduate of the Centre for Urban History, Leicester University, UK, and the School of Architectural Studies, University of Sheffield, UK, he has published widely on the American colonial urban environment in the Philippines. The former book review editor for Urban Morphology: Journal of the International Seminar on Urban Form, he is currently the Vice President of the International Planning History Society. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Royal Asiatic Society, and Royal Society of Arts.

• List of IllustrationsList of TablesAcknowledgements Chapter 1: IntroductionReshaping the Nation and Public Works: A PrécisSocial Evolution, Foreign Influences, and Modernity in Philippine Cities, 1935-46A Political and Philosophical Watershed: The Philippine Constitution, 1935The Evolution of the Colonial-Built Fabric in the Philippines, 1898–1935DecolonisationThe Structure of the BookChapter 2: A New Capital City for a New NationThe Constitution Convention and the Nature of the 1935 ConstitutionQuezon City: A Distinct City for an Evolving CountryPlanning Evolution in Quezon City: The 1941 and 1949 PlansThe Park and Road Systems, and the Creation of Neighbourhood UnitsPublic Buildings and Architectural Modernism Conclusion Chapter 3: Manila and the ProvincesBeyond Quezon City: Urban Planning During the Age of the Commonwealth Manila’s Development and Antonio Toledo’s Professional FootprintThe Return to, and Advancement of, Daniel Burnham’s Plan for ManilaRenewing Manila: The Built Fabric and FirePlanning in the ProvincesHousing and Planning in the ProvincesChapter 4: The Japanese OccupationJapan, the Philippines, the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere, and Pan-Asianism The Japanese Occupation and the Evaluation of the Philippine-Built Fabric Governing the Towns and CitiesRebooting The Pensionados ProgramNeighbourhood AssociationsThe Challenge and Opportunity Aligned to Post-War Rebirth Chapter 5: National Independence, Post-War Reconstruction, Urban Betterment and PlanningA New Nation Looking Forward, HesitantlyThe Planning of RoadsPlanning for New Housing DistrictsNew Rulings and the Problem of Their ImplementationConclusionReferencesIndex

Ian Morley is an Associate Professor based in the Department of History at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. A graduate of the Centre for Urban History, Leicester University, UK, and the School of Architectural Studies, University of Sheffield, UK, he has published widely on the American colonial urban environment in the Philippines. The former book review editor for Urban Morphology: Journal of the International Seminar on Urban Form, he is currently the Vice President of the International Planning History Society. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Royal Asiatic Society, and Royal Society of Arts.

• List of IllustrationsList of TablesAcknowledgements Chapter 1: IntroductionReshaping the Nation and Public Works: A PrécisSocial Evolution, Foreign Influences, and Modernity in Philippine Cities, 1935-46A Political and Philosophical Watershed: The Philippine Constitution, 1935The Evolution of the Colonial-Built Fabric in the Philippines, 1898–1935DecolonisationThe Structure of the BookChapter 2: A New Capital City for a New NationThe Constitution Convention and the Nature of the 1935 ConstitutionQuezon City: A Distinct City for an Evolving CountryPlanning Evolution in Quezon City: The 1941 and 1949 PlansThe Park and Road Systems, and the Creation of Neighbourhood UnitsPublic Buildings and Architectural Modernism Conclusion Chapter 3: Manila and the ProvincesBeyond Quezon City: Urban Planning During the Age of the Commonwealth Manila’s Development and Antonio Toledo’s Professional FootprintThe Return to, and Advancement of, Daniel Burnham’s Plan for ManilaRenewing Manila: The Built Fabric and FirePlanning in the ProvincesHousing and Planning in the ProvincesChapter 4: The Japanese OccupationJapan, the Philippines, the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere, and Pan-Asianism The Japanese Occupation and the Evaluation of the Philippine-Built Fabric Governing the Towns and CitiesRebooting The Pensionados ProgramNeighbourhood AssociationsThe Challenge and Opportunity Aligned to Post-War Rebirth Chapter 5: National Independence, Post-War Reconstruction, Urban Betterment and PlanningA New Nation Looking Forward, HesitantlyThe Planning of RoadsPlanning for New Housing DistrictsNew Rulings and the Problem of Their ImplementationConclusionReferencesIndex